Relational network-based informal institutions tend toward closure and block generalized trust.
Evidence
As informal institutions are based more on relational types of networks, they may tend towards closure and prohibit generalized forms of trust from emerging — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 171
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s thread on how elite social control in 1870s New York works via high-density networks — relational closure blocking generalized trust parallels the Olenska network’s insular sanctioning. — connects to: In low-trust societies commerce stays confined within family and friend circles. — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 231; Dense civic networks enable trust, reciprocity and collective action. — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 17
Related
- In low-trust societies commerce stays confined within family and friend circles. (similarity 0.85)
- Trustworthiness beyond the family requires networks that extend past kin (similarity 0.81)
- Small close communities run on norms, while urban networks run on trust (similarity 0.79)
- Widespread trust consists of pockets of dyadic relationships, not generalized sentiment (similarity 0.79)
- Economic transactions are governed by their embeddedness in social networks (similarity 0.79)
- Trust can arise even when transactions are not embedded in social relations. (similarity 0.78)
- Social relations are sufficient but not necessary conditions for trust in economic life. (similarity 0.78)